Columnists always try to mail in a few "list" pieces every once in a while so I thought an infrequent (and unpaid) blogger like myself was certainly entitled to the same privilege. So here are a few random lists while stuck at home sick on a sunny January day:
Since my favorite baseball player, Jim Ed Rice, was finally voted into the Hall of Fame last week, here are 5 of my favorite Red Sox not in the Hall:
1. George "Boomer" Scott
2. Luis Tiant
3. Big Papi
4. Bernie Carbo
5. Rich Gedman
Honorable mention: Bob Ojeda, Denny Doyle, Bob Stanley, Rick Burleson, Bruce Hurst, Jon Lester, Cecil Cooper, Pokey Reese, Hideki Okajima, Rico Petrocelli, Soup Campbell and of course, Rick Wise
Can't leave the other Boston sports teams out.
Top 5 N.E. Patriots:
1. Sam "Bam" Cunningham
2. Julius Adams
3. Leon Gray
4. Ben Coates
5. Troy Brown
Honorable mention: Steve Nelson, Ray Clayborn, Russ Francis, Lawyer Milloy, John Smith, John Hannah, "Sugar Bear" Hamilton
Top 5 Celtics:
1. Jo-Jo White
2. Nate "Tiny" Archibald
3. Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell
4. "Pistol" Pete Maravich
5. Robert Parish
Honorable mention: Paul Silas, Charlie Scott, Rajon Rondo, Len Bias, Reggie Lewis, Bill Sharman, Bill Walton, Paul Pierce and Johnny Most
Two sets that The Dead should play at the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball on Tuesday - Set I for Bush, Set II dedicated to Obama:
Bush set:
It Hurts Me Too
You Lied, Cheated
Loser
Money, Money
Pain in my Heart
GDTRFB
Ship of Fools
Stealin'
Victim or the Crime
I Need A Miracle
It's All Over Now
Obama set:
Let the Good Times Roll
Help on the Way
Dancin' in the Streets
Sitting On Top of the World
Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
Wang Dang Doodle
Here Comes Sunshine
Believe It or Not
Second That Emotion
U.S. Blues
Top 5 Bruins (n.b. I stopped watching hockey 15 years ago):
1. Peter McNab
2. Rick Middleton
3. Brad Park
4. Gerry Cheevers
5. Jean Ratelle
Honorable mention: Stan Jonathan, Terry O'Reilly, Bobby Carpenter, Pete Peeters, Craig Janney
Top 5 UNC Tar Heels (the college basketball team I've always rooted for since i was born there)
1. Phil Ford
2. Charlie Scott
3. Sam Perkins
4. Al Wood
5. Julius Peppers
Honorable Mention: Jimmy Black, Brad Daugherty, James Worthy (until he was drafted by the Lakers!), Kenny Smith
Favorite 5 Places I've Been:
1. My semi-secret camping spot in Yosemite
2. Glen Canyon SF, CA
3. Kitayama waterfall, Kyoto
4. Laem Set Inn (Koh Samui, Thailand)
5. Capo Caccio, Sardinia
Honorable mention: Pinnacles nat'l monument, Hunter Valley (NSW, Australia), summit of Squaw for the '91 Squaw Valley Music Festival, Gloria Ferrer winery (Sonoma - must be accompanied by glass of bubbly and smoked turkey sandwich from Angelo's Meats)
That's all I got for now!
